Manual:Pywikibot/pagefromfile.py

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Pagefromfile.py is part of the Pywikipedia bot framework.
With this script you can create pages from a textfile.
The file should be in UTF-8 and if you want to create multiple pages from a file you should separate the articles as specified by the -start and -end arguments.

The pagename will be the first headword in your textfile (the first word between ''' '''). It is currently automatically inserted in the uploaded page.

NOTE: the script parses the input text in a recursive way, so it can easily run out of memory if the file is very large. If memory problems are encountered, it is advisable to break the input text into multiple files, and upload them individually.

Specific arguments:

arg	Description	Default
-start:xxxx	Specify the text that is the beginning of a page	{{-start-}}
-end:yyyy	Specify the text that is the end of a page	{{-stop-}}
-file:zzz	Give the filename we are getting our material from	dict.txt
-include	The beginning and end text should be included in the page.	do not include
-nocontent	If page has this statement it doesn't append (example: -nocontents:"{{infobox")
-notitle	Do not include the title line in the page.	include title line
-titlestart:xxx	Use xxx in place of ''' for identifying the beginning of the page title	'''
-titleend:xxx	Use xxx in place of ''' for identifying the end of the page title	'''
-summary:xxx	Use xxx as the summary for the upload.	(a translation of) "Automated import of articles"
-autosummary	Use mediawiki default summary	not selected
-minor	Set minor edit flag on page edits.	not selected
-simulate	Do not really upload pages, just check and report messages.	not selected
-safe	If the page to be uploaded already exists, do nothing, i.e. skip it.	-safe
-appendtop	If the page to be uploaded already exists, add the text to the top of it.
-appendbottom	If the page to be uploaded already exists, add the text to the bottom of it. If you're using -notitle, any leading whitespace is ignored: to add a newline before your text, hack the line pywikibot.output(u"Page %s already exists, appending on bottom!" % title) contents = page.get() + contents like contents = page.get() + '\n' + contents
-force	If the page to be uploaded already exists, overwrite the existing page.

E.g.: Filename.txt

xxxx
'''PageName'''
Text here

yyyy
xxxx
'''AnotherPageName'''
Another text
yyyy

Usage:

pagefromfile.py [global-arguments] -start:xxxx -end:yyyy -file:Filename.txt

Global arguments available for all bots

arg	Description	Default	compat	core
-dir:PATH	Read the bot's configuration data from directory given by PATH, instead of from the default directory.
-lang:xx	Set the language of the wiki you want to work on, overriding the configuration in user-config.py. xx should be the language code.	user-config.py parameter: mylang
-family:xyz	Set the family of the wiki you want to work on, e.g. wikipedia, wiktionary, commons, wikitravel, …. This will override the configuration in user-config.py settings.	user-config.py parameter: family
-user:xyz	Log in as user 'xyz' instead of the default username.
-daemonize:xyz	Immediately return control to the terminal and redirect stdout and stderr to xyz (only use for bots that require no input from stdin).
-help	Show a help text for the invoked script.
-log	Enable the logfile. Logs will be stored in the logs subdirectory.	user-config.py parameter: log ?
-log:xyz	Enable the logfile, using xyz as the filename.
-nolog	Disable the logfile (if it's enabled by default).
-maxlag	Sets a new maxlag parameter to a number of seconds. Defer bot edits during periods of database server lag. Default is set by config.py
-debug:item -debug	Enable the logfile and include extensive debugging data for component "item" (for all components if the second form is used).
-putthrottle:nn -pt:nn	Set the minimum time (in seconds) the bot will wait between saving pages.	user-config.py parameter: put_throttle
-verbose -v	Make the program output more detailed messages than usual to the standard output about its current work, or progress, while it is proceeding. This may be helpful when debugging or dealing with unusual situations.	not selected